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Pretty funny timing, with the several accidental shootings that occurred at the gun shows this past week.

Why are so many of the citations so old, going back to the '80s in some cases, '90s in others? Do more current studies say something different?

Hint: John Lott has quite entirely discredited himself on this topic so he cannot be credibly cited. Citations from op-eds in the WSJ or USA Today are not scientific findings. The experience in often war-torn foreign countries with entirely different social structures and situations do not say much about this country.

Question: why does gun ownership lead to a 450% increase in the likelihood of being shot?